Second Soldier Sentenced in Interpreter's Death
Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq - A 1st Cavalry Division Soldier was convicted on January 22 of one count of making a false statement and one count of accessory-after-the-fact involuntary manslaughter during a general court martial at the division's courthouse here.
Spc. Rami Dajani, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pleaded guilty to both charges. He chose a trial by military judge alone, rather than by court members.
Dajani was also charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter, which was later dropped.
The convictions stem from a Nov. 24, 2004, incident, when Dajani supplied a handgun to a fellow Soldier who then killed an interpreter by shooting her in the head. Later that day, Dajani made an official statement with the intent to deceive, denying involvement in the death of a civilian interpreter.
The judge spent one hour deliberating and returned with a decision to sentence Dajani to 18 months confinement, reduction to the lowest enlisted pay grade (private/E-1) and a bad conduct discharge.
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